Lawyer App

ABSTRACT

Disclosed herein is a computer implemented system and method for acquiring and providing service using an electronic device, particularly personalized for legal industry. The invention provides a user with a system and method for hiring a personal or an organization to advising and assisting the user in legal matters. In one embodiment the system and method provides a user with a list of lawyer profile on a query based on a plurality of filters like academic information, professional information, geographical location, type of law practiced, percentage of successful and unsuccessful cases, service-charge charged etc. The computer implemented system and method for acquiring and providing service using an electronic device uses a Graphical User Interface (GUI).

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLIACTIONS

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MICROFICHE

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The present invention concerns systems and method of acquiring andproviding service, tailored for particular industries, such as the legalindustry.

(2) Background

A key aspect of the American legal system (as well as many others aroundthe world) is its reliance on professional advocates, or lawyers, tofacilitate adjudication or avoidance of legal disputes. Indeed, one ofthe constitutional rights that we as Americans cherish most dearly isthe right to counsel. Thus, when confronted with a legal issue, one ofthe first questions that prudent businesses and individuals seek toanswer is which attorney or law firm will assist them with expert legaladvice and advocacy.

In recent years, many facing this question have sought to use the powerof the Internet as a tool in identifying and/or selecting effectivecounsel for their legal needs, For example, many use general searchengines, such as www.Google.corn or www,Yahoo.corn, to broadly searchthe World Wide Web for lawyers based on location and particular legalexpertise. Others rely on legally focused resources, such asv.findlaw.corn, which provides and maintains an extensive directory oflaw firms and legal professionals.

One of the greatest difficulties for attorneys and other professionals(such as medical doctors and accountants) in establishing their practiceis obtaining a client base or client network that is capable ofproviding them with a sufficient level of work on a regular basis. Theproblem is especially acute with attorneys, as ethics regulationspromulgated by the bars of each of the states limit an attorney'sability to advertise and solicit potential clients.

Historically, attorneys have relied on networking with clients, otherprofessionals, and other attorneys to generate referrals Often, the mostsuccessful lawyers are those that are not necessarily the best at theircraft, but those that are best at networking or developingrelationships. These rainmakers are often also among the oldestattorneys at a firm.

To help lawyers, especially those that are solo practitioners or with asmall firm, acquire new clients a number of lawyer listing sites haveappeared in the past 10 years or so. Typically, these sites provideregional listings of attorneys in particular categories of practice,Several of these sites claim to screen the attorneys that are listed ontheir sites. Some examples include Fincllaw.corn and Lawyers corn Thesetypes of sites are most often no more than online directories, analogousto the Yellow Pages. Since the information concerning the listedattorneys are usually available to anyone with internet access, anattorney receiving an inquiry from someone must spend his/her valuabletime or an administrative assistant's time screening the person todetermine whether or not the inquirer is serious about hiring anattorney or just fishing for free advice.

There are other online sites wherein a person looking for legalrepresentation provides a description of the representation he/sherequires and solicits inquiries from attorneys. Some of these sites mayrequire the attorney to provide a quote concerning how much he/she willcharge to perform the legal work. Usually, the attorney will only havelimited information about the prospective client to judge whether or notto provide a proposal. Furthermore, the nature of the process tends toattract clients who are shopping for legal services primarily on pricerather than quality, and many attorneys, especially the better ones,cannot reasonably provide the solicited legal services for as low aprice as would be required to “win” the client

A system is desirable that will receive queries from users regarding alegal topic and responds with a listing of attorneys or law firms thatare associated with information, ranking them based on their experiencein handling matters related to the legal topic.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Primarily, the invention is a computer implemented method of acquiringand providing of service using an electronic device.

The method includes a creation of at least one user account by a userwherein the user account associated with a service and the user usessaid user account to act as a potential consumer and/or a potentialservice provider; providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) using whichthe user uses the service; creating and integrating the user into acomputing based community comprising plurality of the users; using,curating, processing and presenting the user's related data and actionsusing at least one user account; creating at least one profile by apotential service provider for conveying said potential serviceprovider's information comprising academic information professionalinformation, social information and achievements and like; uploading atleast one profile by a potential service provider over the computingbased community; acquiring at least one information about the requiredpotential service provider from potential consumer using the service;sharing at least one profile over the computing based community based onat least one information acquired from the potential consumer to beviewed by other users wherein the other users comprises a potentialconsumer; sending an employment offer from the potential consumer to thepotential service provider; acquiring an acceptance of the employmentoffer from the potential consumer using the service; acquiring aconfirmation of completion of a job associated with the employment offerfrom the potential service provider using the service; acquiring aconfirmation of completion of the job from the potential consumer usingthe service; acquiring a rating of satisfaction from the potentialconsumer about the potential service provider performance associatedwith the job using the service; acquiring a rating of satisfaction fromthe potential service provider about the potential service provider'sexperience in working with the potential consumer using the service;using the rating of satisfaction from the potential consumer about thepotential service provider's performance for rating the potentialservice provider; creation and/or uploading and sharing at least oneprofile over the computing based community by the potential serviceprovider to convey the potential service provider's unique qualitativeassets for employability, using the potential service provider's useraccount; creation and/or uploading and sharing at least one profile overthe computing based community by the potential consumer to convey thepotential consumer's requirement for potential service providersrequired for an associated job, using the potential consumer's useraccount; using a geo-location parameter for associating the potentialservice provider's geographic location information to categorize thepotential service provider's availability for a particular job andproviding the geographic location information on the potential serviceprovider's account.

In the method, said service facilitates interaction and communicationbetween all users integrated. It is not mandatory for said plurality ofusers to have accounts with the service. However, said plurality ofusers who do not have accounts associated with the service will havelimited/restricted scope of actions and interaction in the computingbased community. The user uses said at least one set of contacts tointeract and communicate with a plurality of other users integrated intothe computing based community and the interaction and communication isvideo-based.

According to the method of the invention at least one profile of thepotential service provider's conveys unique qualitative assets foremployability that is made available for the viewing of a plurality ofother users integrated into the computing based community using thepotential service provider's account. Also at least one profile conveysthe requirement of said potential consumer's for the viewing of aplurality of other users integrated into the computing based communityusing said potential consumer's account.

Further according to the method rating of satisfaction provided from thepotential consumer for rating the potential service provider comprisesof implementing an algorithm for ranking the potential service providerwherein the ranking is done on a geographic location basis.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention the service provided is legalguidance and/or assistance to said potential consumers, the potentialconsumer is service seeking legal guidance and/or assistance and thepotential service provider is a lawyer and/or a law firm providing legalguidance and/or assistance.

In another preferred embodiment, the invention is a computer implementedsystem for acquiring and providing of information pertaining to legalservices. The system involves a graphical user interface for acquiringat least one query regarding lawyers from at least one client accessdevice such as a cellphone, smartphone, PDA, etc.; a database containinginformation regarding the plurality of lawyers profiles; and a serverconfigured to receive queries regarding lawyers from at least one clientaccess device, to output information retrieved from the database to theclient access device, the information comprises of a list of two or morelawyer profile contained in the database, where each of the lawyerprofile is associated with a rank based on legal experience of the namedlawyer.

In the invention, the system query comprises of academic information,professional information and geographical location. Also, the systemfurther has a feature that provides a ranking that is based on ajurisdiction of a lawyer, geographic distance of the lawyer for the userusing the client access device, the percentage of successful andunsuccessful cases managed by the lawyer and/or the service-chargecharged by the lawyer. The client access device includes a displayscreen, and the server is configured to output the list of two or morelawyer names as part of a graphical user interface for display on thedisplay screen.

Furthermore, the server is configured to respond to the user selectionof one of the listed lawyer names to display a listing of one or moreother lawyer names that are professionally associated with the selectedlawyer name. The client access device includes a display screen, and theserver is configured to output the list of two or more lawyer names aspart of a graphical user interface for display on the display screen,with each of the lawyer names associated with a hyperlink to cause thedisplay of a corresponding lawyer profile.

The summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts, in asimplified form, that are further described below in the detaileddescription. This summary is not intended to identify key features oressential features of the subject matter, nor is it intended to be usedas an aid in determining the scope of the subject matter. In thisrespect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention indetail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in itsapplication to the details of construction and to the arrangements ofthe components set forth in the following description or illustrated inthe drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments, and ofbeing practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to beunderstood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are forthe purpose of description, and should not be regarded as limiting.These, together with other objectives of the invention and the variousfeatures of novelty that characterize the invention, are pointed outwith particularity in the disclosures For a better understanding of theinvention, its operating advantages, and the specific objectivesattained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanyingdrawings and descriptive matter, in which there are illustratedpreferred embodiments of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The drawings constitute a part of this specification, and includeexemplary embodiments to the invention, which may be embodied in variousforms. It is to be understood that, in some instances, various aspectsof the invention may be shown exaggerated or enlarged to facilitate anunderstanding of the invention.

FIG. 1 illustrates the prospective view of invention, with variouscomponents of the client access device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE INVENTION

The following is a detailed description of example embodiments of theinvention that is depicted in the accompanying drawings. The exampleembodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the inventionHowever, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit theanticipated variations of embodiments. On the contrary, the intention isto cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling withinthe spirit and scope of the present invention. The detailed descriptionsbelow are designed to make such embodiments obvious to a person ofordinary skill in the art.

The present invention can be implemented on any communication devicethat has hardware components that can perform wireless and wiredcommunication, such as (but not limited to)—multi-purpose pocketcomputers, personal multimedia devices, etc.

The various devices on which the applications that implement the presentinvention run may use one or more processors with differentinstruction-sets, architectures, clock-speeds, etc. and memory that mayinclude high speed random access memory and may include non-volatilememory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memorydevices, and other kinds of solid state memory devices.

The various applications that can implement the present invention run onelectronic devices that may use at least one physical user interfacedevice that provide the means of control and navigation within theoperating system. Applications that run on the devices include (but arenot limited to) touch-pads, such as those described in (but not limitedto)—(1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/722,948 (“Touch pad forhandheld device”, filed Nov. 25, 2003); (2) U.S. patent application Ser.No. 10/188,182 (“Touch pad for handheld device”, filed Mar. 21, 2006);(3) U.S. patent application Ser. No: 08/210,610 (“Computer system withtouchpad support in operating system”, filed Mar. 18, 1994); (4) U.S,patent application Ser. No. 643,256(“Movable touch pad with addedfunctionality”, filed Ser. No. 10/643,256), touch screens such as thosedescribed in(but not limited to) (1) U.S. patent application Ser. No.11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,” filed on May 2, 2006; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “MultipointTouchscreen,” filed on May 6, 2004 ; (3) U.S. patent application Ser.No, 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive input Devices,” filed onJul. 30, 2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264,“Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed on Jan. 31, 2005 ;(5) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based GraphicalUser Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed on Jan. 18,2005 ; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual InputDevice Placement On A Touch Screen User Interface,” filed on Sep. 16,2005 ; (7) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of AComputer With A Touch Screen Interface,” filed on Sep. 16, 2005 ; (8)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys OfA Touch-Screen Virtual Keyboard,” filed on Sep. 16, 2005 and (9) U.S.patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-HeldDevice,” filed on Mar. 3, 2006, click wheels, such as those described inU.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/549,619 “Method, device, andgraphical user interface for dialing with a click wheel” filed on Oct.13, 2006 , keyboards, such as those mentioned in(but not limited to)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/711,760 (“Ergonomic keyboard inputdevice” , filed on Jun. 6, 1991) , mouse, such as those described in(but not limited to) (1) application Ser. No. 09/167,314 (“Computermouse with enhance control button (s)”, filed on Oct. 6, 1998); (2)application Ser. No. 08/288,945 (“Roller mouse for implementingscrolling in windows applications”, filed on Aug. 10, 1994) and gesturerecognition means, such as those described in(but not limited to) (1)European Patent application publication number; EP2482176 A2(“Multi-input gesture control for a display screen”, filed on Nov. 4,2011) and (2) U.S. Patent application with publication number20120317511 A1 (“DISPLAY WITH BUILT IN 3D SENSING CAPABILITY AND GESTURECONTROL OF TV”, filed on Aug. 21, 2012).

Display means used by these devices may use LCD (liquid crystal display)technology, LED (light Emitting Diode) technology, CRT (Cathode raytube) technology, or LPD (light emitting polymer) technology, or anyother display technologies. Various realizations of graphics displaycircuitry that implement a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) are used toachieve video interface between user and these electronic devices.

Connectivity of these devices with networks, such as the internet, anintranet and/or wireless network, such as cellular telephone network, awired or wireless local area network (LAN) and/or metropolitan areanetwork (MAN) and/or WAN (wide area network) and other wirelesscommunication is achieved by use of a plurality of communicationstandards, protocols and technologies like Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity(Wi-Fi) and/or any other suitable communication protocol, includingcommunication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of thisdocument.

The present invention maybe implemented on applications that run on asingle or variety of operating system platforms, including but notlimited to OS X, WINDOWS, UNIX, IOS, ANDROID, SWABIAN, LINUX, orembedded operating systems, such as VxWorks.

The present invention may also be implemented to work with various webbrowsers, including but not limited to Internet Explorer, MozillaFirefox, Safari, and Opera, that access and handle various types of webpages constructed with various mark- up languages, such as HTML, HTML-5,XHTML, XML, etc. and the associated CSS (cascading style sheet) filesand java-script files.

The method involves creation of at least one user account by a userwherein said user account is associated with a service and said useruses said user account to act as a potential employee and/or a potentialemployer.

The user account is created by collecting various information associatedwith said user such as (but not limited to) personal information,professional information, financial information and informationassociated with other social computing services. Personal informationinvolves details (but not limited to) a user's name, age, sex, address,phone number, fax number, email id, etc. Professional informationinvolves details like(but not limited to) academic details, area ofprofessional expertise, achievements and awards, currently pursuingprojects, present and past place/organization/company of work,researches and publications, etc. Service charge details may involvedetails regarding (but not limited to)a time -period based (hours,weeks, months, etc.) rates for service, etc. All information associatedto said user is presented in a “profile” in said user account.

The method also involves integrating said user into a computing basedcommunity comprising a plurality of users. The computing based communityis a network that connects the registered users the service, providesmeans of communication and interaction between them and providesinformation associated with each user in their accounts. The methodinvolves using, curating, processing and presenting a user's relateddata and actions using the user's at least one user account. A user canconnect to, communicate and interact with other users in said computingbased community using said service. Said service is a softwareapplication and/or service that comprises both online as well as offlineaspects. The method involves providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI)using which said user uses said service.

The method also involves creation of at least one profile by a potentialservice provider for conveying said service provider's informationcomprising academic information, professional information, socialinformation, personal information and achievements.

The method also involves sharing said at least one profile over anetwork so that they can be viewed by other users in said computingbased community wherein other users comprises a potential consumer. Apotential employer can view these profiles and get a full idea of theuser's academic information, professional information, socialinformation, personal information and achievements. If the potentialconsumer is convinced that the user satisfies his criteria and need fora service provider, the method further comprises sending an employmentoffer from said potential consumer to said user (potential serviceprovider). Sending said employment offer can be in the form of anemployment offer or it can be done by using the GUI provided by saidservice.

The method then involves acquiring an acceptance of said employmentoffer from said potential consumer. Acquiring the acceptance can eitherbe in the form of an employment offer or it can be done by using the GUIprovided by said service.

After a confirmation of job from both potential consumer as well aspotential service provider is acquired, the method involves acquiring arating of satisfaction from said potential consumer about said potentialservice provider's performance associated with said job and using saidrating of satisfaction from said potential consumer about said potentialservice provider's performance for rating said potential serviceprovider.

The method also involves acquiring a rating of satisfaction from saidpotential service provider about said potential service provider'sexperience in working with said potential consumer and using said ratingof satisfaction from said potential service provider about saidpotential service provider's experience in working with said potentialconsumer for rating said potential consumer. Ratings can be presentedusing various rating scales such as those classified as—data measured atthe ordinal level wherein numbers indicate the relative position ofitems, but not the magnitude of difference, for example, Likert scale;data are measured at the interval level wherein numbers indicate themagnitude of difference between items but there is no absolute zeropoint, for example, attitude scales and opinion scales; and datameasured at the ratio level wherein numbers indicate magnitude ofdifference and there is a fixed zero point and ratios can be calculated.The method further comprises using said rating of satisfaction from saidpotential consumer for implementing an algorithm for ranking saidpotential service provider wherein said ranking is made on a geographiclocation basis. According to the ranking, a potential service provideris categorized into a number of levels to give a potential consumer anidea of the level of expertise and experience of a potential serviceprovider with respect to a particular profession. The potential serviceproviders who move up the ranks into the top levels may be referred toas “rising” and a list of rising potential service providers maybeprovided to a potential consumer on demand.

The method further involves creation and/or uploading and sharing atleast one profile over said computing based community by said potentialconsumer to convey said potential consumer's requirement for potentialservice providers required for an associated job, using said useraccount.

The method further involves using a geo-lo ation parameter forassociating said potential consumer's geographic location information tocategorize said potential service provider's availability for aparticular job and providing said geographic location information onsaid potential employee's account. Said geo-location parameter isobtained from Global Positioning System (GPS) embedded in an electronicdevice. Availability of a potential service providers can also beprovided based on their online status and potential uses that are onlineat a particular time are referred to as “live” potential serviceproviders.

The service associated with the computing based community provides auser to search for results using filters. These filters may be used tonarrow down search results specific to(but not limited to) geographiclocation, categories/key words relating to the job description, relationof the search results with the user ,nature of the job, job experiencecurrent employment status tags, rising, ratings, user name and profileme.

Filters specific to geographic location may be fields such as(but notlimited to) name of country, state, city, neighborhood/locality. Filtersspecific to categories/key words relating to the job description are(butnot limited to) law, music, entertainment, advertising, performance,magic, comedy, film making, model, massage, software engineer,babysitter, domestic help, TV, event management, graphic designer, etc.

FIG. 1 illustrates the graphical user interface that is displayed in thedisplay (102) of the client access device that receives queries fromusers regarding a legal requirement like type of lawyer (divorce lawyer,corporate lawyer and like), experience of a lawyer, state/country wherethe legal assistance is required etc. and responds with a listing ofattorneys or law firms that are associated with information, while alsoranking them based on their experience in handling matters related tothe legal requirement.

According to the invention, different options will be provided via thegraphical user interface for the customer to choose from using thenavigation buttons. The customer would have to put in their budget, whattype of lawyer (divorce, corporate, Child Support, etc.), country/statelawyer rating, law firm, and experience. After that, according to whatthe customer put in his/her search box, the results will show differentlawyers that are qualified for the job. The customer will have theopportunity to choose the lawyer they want.

However, when a customer creates an account, they will have to verifytheir phone numbers and email. Also, both customer and lawyer would haveto create an account in the application. People would have limitedand/or restricted scope of actions and interaction with the computingbased application unless they have an account. Furthermore, differentcriteria that would be used to determine the best suited lawyer for thecustomer, such as their rating, the nearest lawyer, experience,percentage of wins to loses, and their service charges. The customerwould be able to view the information about the lawyer in order to makethe best choice for him or herself. Lawyers would be able to advertisetheir services according to their profile requirement. The lawyer'semail and phone number will not appear on his/her profile. If thecustomer is ready to “hire” the lawyer of their choice, they can press abutton, which will allow the lawyer to view their case and information.Other than that, the customer's information is private. Moreover, theapplication will have its own database. Lawyers will have to sign up andcreate a profile from them. Law firms could join the application to findcustomers. In their profiles, lawyers can include what firm they workfor, and law firms can recommend their best lawyers in the application.The firm would have a rating on how good it is from the customersatisfaction.

The invention is a computer implemented system for acquiring andproviding of information pertaining to legal services The systeminvolves a graphical user interface for acquiring at least one queryregarding lawyers from at least one client access device such as acellphone, srnartphone, PDA, etc.; a database containing informationregarding the plurality of lawyers profiles; and a server configured toreceive queries regarding lawyers from at least one client accessdevice, to output information retrieved from the database to the clientaccess device, the information comprises of a list of two or more lawyerprofile contained in the database, where each of the lawyer profile isassociated with a rank based on legal experience of the named lawyer.

In the invention, the system query comprises of academic information,professional information and geographical location. Also, the systemfurther has a feature that provides a ranking that is based on ajurisdiction of a lawyer, geographic distance of the lawyer for the userusing the client access device, the percentage of successful andunsuccessful cases managed by the lawyer and/or the service-chargecharged by the lawyer. The client access device includes a displayscreen and the server is configured to output the list of two or morelawyer names as part of a graphical user interface for display on thedisplay screen.

Furthermore, the server is configured to respond to the user selectionof one of the listed lawyer names to display a listing of one or moreother lawyer names that are professionally associated with the selectedlawyer name. The client access device includes a display screen, and theserver is configured to output the list of two or more lawyer names aspart of a graphical user interface for display on the display screen,with each of the lawyer names associated with a hyperlink to cause thedisplay of a corresponding lawyer profile.

The computer implemented system and method provide both, the consumerwith a large list of service provider that can be conveniently contactedas per the preference of the consumer and a service provider with alarger amount of client with a variety of requirements thereby providinga profitable business aspect.The lawyers are to be employed through thecomputer implemented method, however, a fee is to paid by both theconsumer and the service provider for example the client seeking legalassistance from a lawyer.

Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and describedherein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the artthat any arrangement that is calculated to achieve the same purpose mayhe substituted for the specific embodiment shown. This application isintended to cover any adaptations or variations of the presentinvention.

Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferredembodiment, it is to be understood that many other possiblemodifications and variations can be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention

I claim:
 1. A computer implemented method of acquiring and providing ofservice using an electronic device comprising: creation of at least oneuser account by a user wherein said user account is associated with aservice and said user uses said user account to act as a potentialconsumer and/or a potential service provider; providing a Graphical UserInterface(GUI) using which said user uses said service; creating andintegrating said user into a computing based community comprisingplurality of said users; using, curating, processing and presenting saiduser's related data and actions using said at least one user account;creating at least one profile by a potential service provider forconveying said potential service provider's information comprisingacademic information, professional information, social information andachievements and like; uploading said at least one profile by apotential service provider over said computing based community;acquiring at least one information about the required potential serviceprovider from said potential consumer using said service; sharing saidat least one profile over said computing based community based on saidat least one information acquired from said potential consumer to beviewed by other users wherein said other users comprises a potentialconsumer; sending an employment offer from said potential consumer tosaid potential service provider; acquiring an acceptance of saidemployment offer from said potential consumer using said service;acquiring a confirmation of completion of a job associated with saidemployment offer from said potential service provider using saidservice; acquiring a confirmation of completion of said job from saidpotential consumer using said service; acquiring a rating ofsatisfaction from said potential consumer about said potential serviceprovider performance associated with said job using said service;acquiring a rating of satisfaction from said potential service providerabout said potential service provider's experience in working with saidpotential consumer using said service; using said rating of satisfactionfrom said potential consumer about said potential service provider'sperformance for rating said potential service provider; creation and/oruploading and sharing at least one profile over said computing basedcommunity by said potential service provider to convey said potentialservice provider's unique qualitative assets for employability, usingsaid potential service provider's user account; creation and/oruploading and sharing at least one profile over said computing basedcommunity by said potential consumer to convey said potential consumer'srequirement for potential service providers required for an associatedjob, using said potential consumer's user account; using a geo-locationparameter for associating said potential service provider's geographiclocation information to categorize said potential service provider'savailability for a particular job and providing said geographic locationinformation on said potential service provider's account.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein said service facilitates interaction andcommunication between all users integrated into said computing basedcommunity.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said plurality ofusers have accounts associated with said service.
 4. The methodaccording to claim 1,wherein acquiring said acceptance of employmentoffer from said potential service provider is achieved using said UserInterface (GUI) provided by said service.
 5. The method according toclaim Lwherein acquiring said confirmation of completion of said jobassociated with said employment offer from said potential serviceprovider is achieved using said Graphical User Interface (GUI) providedby said service.
 6. The method according to claim 1,wherein acquiringsaid confirmation of completion of said job from said potential consumeris achieved using said Graphical User Interface (GUI) provided by saidservice.
 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring saidrating of satisfaction from said potential consumer about said potentialservice provider's performance associated with said job is achievedusing said Graphical User Interface (GUI) provided by said service. 8.The method according to claim 1,wherein said acquiring a rating ofsatisfaction from said potential service provider about said potentialservice provider's experience in working with said potential consumer isachieved using said Graphical User Interface (GUI) provided by saidservice.
 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said at least oneprofile to convey said potential service provider's unique qualitativeassets for employability is made available for viewing to a plurality ofother users integrated into said computing based community using saidpotential service provider's account.
 10. The method according to claim1, wherein said at least one profile to convey said potential consumer'srequirement for potential service providers is made available forviewing to a plurality of other users integrated into said computingbased community using said potential consumer's account.
 11. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein said at least one profile for conveyingsaid user's information is made available for viewing to a plurality ofother users integrated into said computing based community using saiduser's account.
 12. The method according to claim 1, wherein using saidrating of satisfaction from said potential consumer for rating saidpotential service provider further comprises implementing an algorithmfor ranking said potential service provider wherein said ranking is doneon a geographic location basis.
 13. The method according to claim 1,wherein said service provides legal guidance and/or assistance to saidpotential consumers.
 14. The method according to claim 1, whereinpotential consumer is a user of said service seeking legal guidanceand/or assistance.
 15. The method according to claim 1, whereinpotential service provider is a lawyer.
 16. The method according toclaim 1, wherein potential service provider is a law firm.
 17. Acomputer implemented system for acquiring and providing of informationpertaining to legal services, system comprising: a graphical userinterface for acquiring at least one query regarding lawyers from atleast one client access device a database containing informationregarding said plurality of lawyers profiles; and a server configured toreceive said query regarding lawyers from said at least one clientaccess device, to output to said client access device a list of two ormore lawyer profile contained in the database, with each of said lawyerprofile is associated with a rank based on legal experience of saidnamed lawyer.
 18. The system as set forth in cla im 17, wherein said atleast one query comprises of academic information and/or professionalinformation.
 19. The system as set forth in claim 17, wherein said rankis based on type of law practiced by said lawyer.
 20. The system as setforth in claim 17, wherein said rank of said lawyer profile is based onthe percentage of successful and unsuccessful cases managed by saidlawyer.
 21. The system as set forth in claim 17, wherein said rank isbased on service-charge charged by said lawyer.
 22. The system as setforth in claim 17, wherein said rank is based on a jurisdiction of saidlawyer.
 23. The system as set forth in claim 17, wherein said rank isbased on geographic distance of a lawyer from said client access devicegenerating said query.